I had a mate a long time ago who stripped down his mini engine and found one of the pistons was made of oak. Apparently this wasn't an uncommon bodge - I suppose a bit of turned oak is probably as strong as alloy and nearly as fireproof.
I once had a mate as well.
you do mean the floor pan right? The floor pan should just be bolted in with a rubber matt sat on top
well the bodged footwells may have won the battle but the war goes on. I recently bought a series 3. It failed its mot on a few little things and the footwells. I made the guy get me the failed mot cert to prove this before i bought it. The foot wells have been made from riviting old pieces of bulkhead (which had just been repaired) together in 2 x 2 inch bits. But the war goes on and as the new whole footwell replacements have arrived the angle grinder is going to have fun tomorrow.
I can imagine! Would have broke the socket for sure..:5bsifone:Can you imagine if that fell off and hit the wheel at 50mph on the Motorway!
Now that is shoking, I imagine it went through MOT too, covered in underseal.After i had my chassie shot blasted i found this. Ive seen sh*t welding but this is the worst by far.
Right. Old footwell out.
Easiest way was drill old spot welds and just cut the rest taking as much rust with it. Here you can see the holes where I am going to pot weld with the mig.
From inside it looks much better. Going to plate the rust gaps from inside.
The door pillar one reshaped with the hammer will get pot welded with the mig again.
is that leprosy ?or maybe genital warts. thought my welding was bad .After i had my chassie shot blasted i found this. Ive seen sh*t welding but this is the worst by far.
is that leprosy ?or maybe genital warts. thought my wedding tackle was bad .